Total Crime Rate
113.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
60.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Headfield Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Dewsbury South , and the 372nd highest crime rate of 1,332 local areas in Kirklees .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Headfield Road (WF12 9JL) in the last 12 months was 113.4 per 1,000 residents and was 26.3% higher than the Dewsbury South average (89.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 60.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Headfield Road (WF12 9JL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Walker Street, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nursery Grove (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Dewsbury South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchbank Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Walker Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Headfield View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Walker Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Headfield View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Walker Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Walker Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashfield | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Slaithwaite Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Headfield View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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